MechE Video Library

Hacking for Lilly

Every year, Meche students use their knowledge of mechanical engineering to develop assistive technologies for people living with disabilities. At the annual Assistive Technologies Hack-a-thon – or ATHack – students are tasked with brainstorming, designing, and creating a prototype that improves the daily lives of a member of the Greater Boston community who lives with a disability.

Students participating in this year's ATHack work together to design an improved walker for 9-year-old Lilly and gain new perspective about how assistive technologies can improve the lives of others in the process.

MIT students taking class 2.680: Unmanned Marine Vehicle Autonomy, Sensing and Communications aim to deepen our understanding of the world's oceans by developing artificial intelligence for use on autonomous marine vehicles. Their software is put to the ultimate test while running missions of the Charles River.

Mechanical engineering students at MIT get hands-on experience conducting a research study from start to finish during Course 2.671’s “Go Forth and Measure Project.” Students are given the freedom to research a topic that interests them – from gummy bears to heart rate and exploding pumpkins.

A “failed experiment” became a life-saving discovery by MIT Professor Ioannis V. Yannas and his colleague Dr. John Burke when their search for a better way to treat severe burn victims led to the discovery of organ regeneration.

MIT students head to the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition with a concept pod, and a vision for the future of transportation. The MIT Hyperloop Team will be firing their concept pod along a one-mile test track in Hawthorne, potentially bringing the world closer to what SpaceX CEO Elon Musk describes as a “fifth mode of transportation.”

PhD candidate Thomas Milnes explains his thesis research: the development of novel hardware and software techniques -- such as "digital aperture" and "programmable deconvolution" -- for the field of light field imaging.

Assistant Professor Amos Winter is named by Technology Review as one of "35 innovators under 35" in 2013. His research group develops disruptive technologies specifically for developing regions where high quality and low cost are equally crucial requirements.